Hi Guys,
I've got a new U500-1E5 laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. I've got two problems which I am not sure if are related or not - but having to do with the sleep mode.
1. when I close the lid of the laptop it goes to sleep as I expect. However, while its closed, after some time (say about an hour) I can see that there is HDD activity from the way the power lights flikr. When I checked, it seemed to have switched itself on and was on the log in screen. Without opening the lid, if I leave it, it will go back to sleep after about another hour or so.
I havent got it connected to an ethernet cable - so it cant be wake up on LAN activating. I cannot figure out why its doing this.
2. after work, sometimes I just close the lid to get the laptop to sleep with my files/folders open. Take it out of power - take the laptop home. Sometimes, it stays that way all night. In the morning, when I check, it will not power up. The battery light stays ON constantly. when I plug the power in, the power light will not come on. Pressing the power button does nothing at all. Only way I get it to power up is by taking out the battery and back in. But this will make the laptop lose all the work I had on standby
So, it can be pretty annoying.
I have read that hybrid sleep can cause problems, and on my laptop it has been disabled.
Please - does anyone know why this might be happening or anything I can do to check what might be wrong!
Thank you in advance.
Audette
I've got a new U500-1E5 laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. I've got two problems which I am not sure if are related or not - but having to do with the sleep mode.
1. when I close the lid of the laptop it goes to sleep as I expect. However, while its closed, after some time (say about an hour) I can see that there is HDD activity from the way the power lights flikr. When I checked, it seemed to have switched itself on and was on the log in screen. Without opening the lid, if I leave it, it will go back to sleep after about another hour or so.
I havent got it connected to an ethernet cable - so it cant be wake up on LAN activating. I cannot figure out why its doing this.
2. after work, sometimes I just close the lid to get the laptop to sleep with my files/folders open. Take it out of power - take the laptop home. Sometimes, it stays that way all night. In the morning, when I check, it will not power up. The battery light stays ON constantly. when I plug the power in, the power light will not come on. Pressing the power button does nothing at all. Only way I get it to power up is by taking out the battery and back in. But this will make the laptop lose all the work I had on standby
So, it can be pretty annoying.I have read that hybrid sleep can cause problems, and on my laptop it has been disabled.
Please - does anyone know why this might be happening or anything I can do to check what might be wrong!
Thank you in advance.
Audette
